Indonesia’s near-identical, ‘Twin Peaks’ volcanoes form striking mirror image — Earth from space
A 2021 astronaut photo shows the surprising similarities between Mount Sundoro and Mount Sumbing, which lie at the heart of Java, Indonesia.
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‘The system is critically stressed’: San Andreas and San Jacinto faults scarily close to major earthquake, study finds
The San Andreas fault and a neighboring fault in Southern California have reached their highest levels of tectonic stress in 1,000 years, and a rupture
Elusive dwarf fox, feared extinct, photographed for the first time on island off Yucatán
The first-ever photos of a Cozumel fox prove that the mysterious island predator is still alive in Mexico but in dire need of conservation, according
Earth-based telescope shares image of Artemis II capsule near the moon — one of the farthest photos of humans ever taken
A blurry photo captured by the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia shows Artemis II’s Orion capsule circling the moon more than 200,000 miles away
NASA seems to be backing away from hunting for life on Mars
Viking 1 kicked off the search for Martian life 50 years ago. Now NASA’s shifting priorities are putting the quest in limbo.
5,000-year-old burial of man with battered skull found in kiln in Germany — and he may have been a human sacrifice
An injured man from the Corded Ware culture was buried in a pit previously used as a kiln, and he may have been sacrificed.
How to see Venus vanish behind the moon during the day Wednesday — without any special equipment
On Wednesday (June 17), the moon will pass between Earth and Venus, causing the hellish planet to temporarily disappear from the daytime sky. Here’s what
The world’s first nuclear clock just ticked on — and it could help detect a fifth fundamental force of physics
By using a rare thorium nucleus as a timekeeper, physicists have demonstrated the first working nuclear clock, a device that could lead to even more
Aurora Australis
The aurora australis arcs over Earth during an active solar event in this photograph taken at approximately 11:32 p.m. local time from the International Space
Chinese money plant leaves hide a mathematical pattern
Tiny water-secreting pores appear to organize the major veins of the plant leaves into an arrangement known as a Voronoi diagram.
A blood test for dementia may tell you if you have more than one type
AI helped researchers develop an experimental blood test that might let doctors diagnose overlapping dementias.
A Texas-size chunk of winter sea ice is missing from Antarctica — and it’s probably not coming back
An area of ice nearly the size of Texas has failed to form over the Bellingshausen Sea, off western Antarctica, as researchers investigate the links
Wreck of World War II Japanese ‘hellship’ that sank with more than 1,000 Allied POWs on board discovered off the Philippines
The remains of a Japanese “hellship” that was torpedoed in 1944 and sank with more than 1,000 POWs on board has been found off the
‘Is having two legs useful’ in space?: Astronaut John McFall explains what life in orbit might be like for the first physically disabled person in space
ESA astronaut John McFall tells Live Science what it would mean to become the first physically disabled person in space — if he travels to